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Bicycle youth: Quetzal Kilgore, 18, shares the experience of growing up car-free in Chicago

"There's a good mix of time where you don't want your parents to drop you off, but you have to, because you don't have your own car," Quetzal said. "I never had that."

May 21, 2025

An intersection redesign advocates pitched years ago might have prevented the latest serious bike injury crash on Wrightwood Avenue

A driver fatally struck Ron Mendoza, 43, at Wrightwood/Pulaski in 2023. Another motorist seriously injured a boy, 16, Thursday at Wrightwood/Cicero.

May 16, 2025

Ward staff check in with businesses about Uptown Extension protected lane proposal. Residents applaud the idea at Beacon Block Club meeting.

The Chicago Department of Transportation suggested converting a lane of car parking to make room for the shielded bikeways, shorten crossing distances, and calm traffic.

April 2, 2025

When it comes to protected bike lanes near the Diversey Rock ‘N’ Bowl, has CDOT thrown a gutter ball?

Why did the department rip out the curb protection from the Logan Boulevard bike lanes next to the bowling alley, and will the heralded Diversey PBLs ever be installed?

December 30, 2024

Circular reasoning: Will Logan Square’s long-awaited traffic circle become a tribute to the Civil War hero, or Chicago’s hottest new music venue?

After a well-attended rock concert at this intersection last month, the possibilities are endless. OK, not really, but the new infrastructure will help slow down drivers.

October 8, 2024

Why don’t we do it in the road? Calming traffic with frenzied music

At the "Save the Hole" guerrilla concert, sustainable transportation prankster Michael Burton and his band Urban Spaceman turned CDOT's traffic circle crater into a mosh pit.

September 29, 2024